A write these sentences again put the words in brackets in the right place
1. I have had breakfast (just)
2. He has been in prison (for six months )
3. The police have not caught the thief (yet)
4. You have asked the question three times (already )
5. Have you been to Switzerland ?(ever)
6. I have been to Switzerland (never)
7. He is a wonderful runner he has broken two records (so far)
8. I haven’t seen George (lately)
Write each of the following sentences in a different way
1. He paid the shop-keeper some money
2. He handed me the prize
3. The waiter brought a bottle of beer to the man
4. He sold all his books to me
5. The shop assistant chose some curtain material for me
Choose the correct words in the following
1. Yesterday I took received a present from aunt jane
2. Have you taken received a letter from him yet
3. I took receive the letter with me
4. He has taken received some flowers to her
5. Why did you receive taken this book off the shelf
Supply the correct phases with way in the following
1. ….from Athens to London the plane stopped at Rome
2. I cooked this …you showed me
3. ….. where is my coat
Yes ……he has been very successful
Exercise
A underline the verbs in the passage which tell us what was happening
B what was happening when ……?
Read the passage again then answer these questions write a complete sentences
In answer to each question
1. What was happening when the plane arrived ?
2. What was happening when two of the detectives opening the parcel
C write sentences of your own in answer to these questions each answer must begin
With I was
1. What were you doing when I telephoned you ?
2. What were you reading when I saw you in the library this morning ?
3. What were you saying when I interrupted you
D what was happening ? what happening ?
Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets :
1. As my father leave the house the postman arrive
2. Tom work in the garden while I sit in the sun
3. As I walk down the street I meet charlie
4. While he read the letter he hear a knock at the door
5. While mother prepare lunch janer set the table
6. She drop the tray when I speak to her
A . how do they compare ?
These question are about mary jane and betty answer each question with a complete sentence
1. How does mary s handwriting compare with jane s ?
2. How does betty s handwriting compare with mary s and jane s?
3. How does betty s dress compare with jane s and betty s ?
4. How does mary s dress compare with jane s and betty s
Put in the word for where necessary :
1. He is very ill no one is allowed to enter …. His room
2. Will you enter …..this weeks crossword competition
3. Many athletes have entered ….. the Olympic games this year
4. No one saw the thief when he entered … the building
5. I have entered ….. the examination but I don’t want to take it
Use any of the above words in the following sentences
1. He is bank manager and he gets a good
2. I ….. him some money and he said he would give it back to me when he got his
3. Yesterday he …….my typewriter I hop he returned it soon
4. The postmen are on strike again they want higher
5. Work mens have gone up since the war
Replace the words in italics by the correct form of be or set ?
1. he has not yet returned he will return in ten minutes ?
2. a new play is being performed at the globe theatre ?
3. when the correct ended we went home ?
4. they will leave early tomorrow morning ?
5. you can take the exam yet you are not capable of it ?
6. he will be absent from home for two month ?
7. she swam across the English channel and created a new world record ?